Lambda Literary Award Reading

From Chicago's Gerber/Hart Library:

"The Lambda Literary Foundation and Gerber/Hart Library will host a reading by Chicago and Midwestern Lambda Literary Award finalists on Tuesday, May 4, at 7 pm at Gerber/Hart Library. The authors, their works, and the categories in which they are nominated are:

•Rob Byrnes, for Straight Lies in the Gay Mystery category
•Deborah B. Gould, for Moving Politics: Emotion and ACT UP's Fight Against AIDS in the LGBT Studies category
•J.E. Knowles for Arusha in the Bisexual Fiction category
•Kristin Naca for Bird Eating Bird in the Lesbian Poetry category
•Tracey Richardson for No Rules of Engagement in the Lesbian Romance category
Books will be available for purchase at the event, and refreshments will be served. The 22nd Lambda Literary Awards Awards ceremony will take place on May 27 in New York."

What success looks like

Kim Moritsugu defines success in the field of fiction writing:"I would define success as being published by a reputable publisher, getting positive feedback from reviewers and readers, and selling more books than one has friends and family members."

Take a look at this page: http://www.lambdaliterary.org/datastream/news/03/16/finalists-announced-for-the-22nd-annual-lambda-literary-awards/#more-752

Reading on Blog Talk Radio

Please join me on Saturday, April 10, at 2:00 PM EDT for my first radio interview. I'll be speaking with Lara Zielinsky on Blog Talk Radio.

Lara hosts "Readings in Lesbian and Bisexual Women's Fiction," a highly intelligent and entertaining show. The discussion ranges from poetry to religion; writers read from their work, and the audience can call in with questions! I expect to have a lot of fun, and thank Lara (also a writer) for this opportunity.

To listen to the show, click on the player below at 2:00 PM Eastern Daylight Time on Saturday, April 10, or later if you can't catch it live.

PG-rated fun

The British invasion

My "new book" is signed and for sale here in England! First to stock it is Gay's the Word, London's first and last bookstore of its kind. You can find it in the historic Bloomsbury neighborhood. Arusha will soon be available at other UK bookstores, including Foyles on Charing Cross Road.

Incidentally, if you walk from Euston Station to Bloomsbury, you pass the headquarters of the National Union of Teachers (NUT). Surely I'm not the only person to find this abbreviation unfortunate.

For the duration of the Winter Olympics, a piece of my heart is back in Canada, the land of winter. Enjoy the Games.

Snow

A poem for today is "Cat & The Weather" by May Swenson. Look it up--I don't violate copyright. But here's a picture.